Improvement in saws



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@WILLIAM 1i IMPROVEMENT IN sAws.

\ I, WILLIAM Fi MILLIMAN, of Philadelphia, county oflhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Saws, of which the following is a specification. Nature and Object of thelncention.

`My invention consists of a cross-cnt saw, having gp `j sections of teeth, separated from eachother by r'e- `cesses, each section being composed of three teeth, arranged and having the` relative bevels, described `hereaftenso that'the intermediate -teethof' the seci gef the latter, therebyrendering the saw. easily adapt- :abler' for operatingl on h'ard or soft woods, While the `eiiciency ofthe saw is increased, as regards its rapid `fcutting properties and small-`-arnount of exertion re- `quired to operateit.. l 1

l .Dcsc'iptionlof thedccompanyiny Drawing. .l Figure 1re-presents partei' asaw-blade, with my improved teetinand. l

*Figure 2, alsection ofonefoi the teeth, on the line `.2,iig.1. i n 'j y 1 Fig. l is drawn to a scale ot' about double, and fig.

1 2 to aascale of about quadruple the actual size.

` General Desciptcon.

y 'Ihe edgcof 'the blade ,is separated by recesses a, y rranged, atyequal4 distances apart,- into sections B and B', ivhichmaybe termed `theteeth proper, and each section is separated, by angular' and shallower `recesses b, into three minor teeth, (l, d', and e, each of the former havingtliat `side adjacent to arecess, a, traight, and the opposite side inclined,- vand the center tooth having both sides inclined.

`cutting-edgres and points, thoseyof the `teeth d and d on one sidev of the blade, and `the centralftooth c oir the oppositeside of'tlie blade, and Vthe teeth of V,one section are beveled on the side opposite; to `that on 1areb eveled,andthisarrangementiscontiuuedthroughf ni-out.

` i ited, it will prevent excessive penetrationof the outer teeth. If thepedgesot' the centraltoot-h, however, ,are

MLLIMAN, or PHILADELPHrA, rnNNsYLvANI rro Annnnr nlssrona'soiv, vor sane rLAen.

Lettersraentno. 108,040, 1aed october 4, 1870.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-.and making peut 0f the same ions can be Inadc to'control the extent of penetration `of' the outer teeth without iignpairing the cutting etect.

` i All theteeth of each section are beveled to sharp ,whichthe corresponding teeth of the adjacent section. J

cled edges.

All the teeth of the saw are cuttingteetli, the soallcd clearing-teeth common to1cros`s-cut saws of 1A witnesses.

I lines af as, fig. 2so that its penetrating property. is linl- 'more' inclined, as on the line Ijg/,iig 2, for instance, its penetrating property will be increased, and it will permitv the outer teeth to cut more deeply.

It will be seen, therefore, that the center teeth of the sections are the controlling teeth as regards the depth of the cut, and that these central teeth can be is prevented by beveling them abruptly, or, in other words, making the teeth blunt. But, While this has. the desired eti'ect of preventing the excessive penetration, it destroys the clean and easy cutting ei'ectA of' the teeth. y N ow, in my improvement the outer teeth d and d'- vof each section, which have the most cutting todo,

are so beveled as to have sharp cutting-edges--so sharp that,I if these teeth'were uncontrolled by the intermediate tooth e, they would penetrate too deeply. 'lhe central cutting-teeth, however, or, as they may be more properly called, scoring-teeth, are beveled abrnptlyrto a degree determined' by the character of' the woodto be ,operated on, and these teeth, `by the abrnptness .of their beveled edges, prevent the excessive penetration of the outer teeth. In other words,

two-thirds of the teeth are acting with the ei'ect ot' gards theirurapid4 cutting effect, and comparatively vlittle exertion required in operating the saw.

` vI wish `it to be understood that I do not desire to claim',b1oa'dly,`a saw-blade separated at the edge, by recesses, into sections, and the separating of the sections into minor teethfirrespective of the number of teeth -ineach section, and the arrangement of the bev- Ola'im.

'lhe saw A, having groups of Ateeth B and B', separatedby recesses a, each group being composed of teeth d, d',and c, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

In 'testimony whercoI have signed my 'name to this specification in the presence ot' twosubscribing l l WILLIAM F. MILLIMAN.

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